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Kiyotaka Ishimaru (石丸 清多夏) ([personal profile] ardent) wrote2013-09-19 10:00 pm

007. Video/Action for Ecruteak City

[Well, tonight will see another post from Ishimaru, and while the sun has long since dipped down beneath the horizon, the video is lit by an odd, bright purple light somewhere in front of him, and a dimmer red one that seems to be sort of sliding around slowly just out of view somewhere to his left; he's back in that white uniform, simply because it feels weird to him not to wear it, and while he's definitely outdoors, he seems to be rather high up - really, if the texture of the floor he's kneeling on is any indication, he seems to be on a roof somewhere.

Of course, if you're familiar with Ecruteak City, you'll likely recognize the view just barely visible behind him; he's up atop the Tin Tower today.

Either way, however, he seems in much higher spirits this time around; he's sort of smiling, even, though not quite - he's never really done happiness very well as far as facial expressions go, nor has he really done it very naturally - and his words are quick, rushed with excitement.]


Most of my studies deal in concrete fact - the paranormal, the theistic and the unexplained have never been anything that I've found useful, and so while I know a few of the more common myths from my own world, I've been willing to set them aside as just stories! But since coming here, I've met people who can say those stories are a reality - people who have spoken to ghosts, or been ghosts themselves; people who know of the existence of fairies and done magic themselves, or people from other worlds entirely. It's been interesting, if difficult to believe sometimes!

But it also makes me wonder how many of the myths here are true; I think a lot of it is like our creation mythology back home, just centered around Pokémon - people saw the animals here and attributed the creation of the world to their power, when that might not be the case. I think it warrants further study either way, though!

The place I'm at now...they say that one of the Legendary Pokémon used to call it home, but now it travels the world looking for trainers who are pure-hearted. I'm pretty sure that means I'll never see it, but I'd like to become the sort of person where it's at least a possibility someday.

[He'll be up there for some time longer, after the video cuts out and the feed goes dark; he's got his Litwick up there with him, and he's leaning up against one of the railings, looking out over the city skyline.

He also has a rather small Slugma up on the railing next to him; just...try not to knock it off if you join him, that'd make everyone kind of upset...]
beholdmydemons: (happy - tokyo jammin')

[personal profile] beholdmydemons 2013-09-20 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
Goldenrod's the city with the train thing? [That he remembers from the route he and Ramza planned out. But "everyone ends up there"?] Why do you say that?
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[personal profile] beholdmydemons 2013-09-20 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
Oho? [...the thought's been niggling at him, when he glimpses photographs on fold-out maps and advertisements: it resembles Tokyo, in the sense that they're both modern cities if nothing else. He's excited to see Goldenrod. Maybe he'll be able to pick out what it is about the underground country, besides the demons, that draws him in.] I'll need to come back through, then, and hence to Ecruteak for this Pokemon lair of yours. [whoof.] And there's countless places to be seen yet.
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[personal profile] beholdmydemons 2013-09-20 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[And speaking of generosity.]

What? [The offer is completely unexpected, and sounds odd at first. But Walter stops, and appears to consider it for a few seconds, and then shrugs with a nod.] ...Well, I can't see a reason against it. You'd do that?
beholdmydemons: (happy - feel like a king)

[personal profile] beholdmydemons 2013-09-20 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
...I'll take you up on it, then! [Free travel advice! \o/] My name's Walter - I've been here not yet a month.
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[personal profile] beholdmydemons 2013-09-21 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Nearly half a year isn't bad at all. For how long do people often stay?
beholdmydemons: (talk - meh)

[personal profile] beholdmydemons 2013-09-29 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Only three years? [He was expecting...well, he's not sure what he was expecting. That seems short, though.] Huh. And this place, were the Pokemon all about it that surprised you? The, er...supernational? -Supernatural. [he's trying.]
Edited 2013-09-29 05:37 (UTC)
beholdmydemons: (talk - here's the plan)

[personal profile] beholdmydemons 2013-09-30 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[SHUT UP HE'S TRYING]

So, otherwise, your world's like Johto, then? [He means in the technological sense, but doesn't really have the frame of reference needed to specify. Whoops.]
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[personal profile] beholdmydemons 2013-09-30 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[....pf-fff.] Heh. You don't have to worry about pigs or horses spewing fire or eating people. I can see why one would spend a lot of time thinking about Pokemon, around here. They've come up with quite the system...

[Way better than living in holes. (why, yes, the unicorns do eat the virgins, why do you ask)]